is competition getting too tough to make poker profitable?

[fingersmith]

[ QUOTE ]
Looking through this thread.

If you are a winning player, ask yourself what do you do to encourage them to pay for their entertainment?

There's far too many idiots, berating them, hurling personal abuse, and generally hammering the Fish with constant aggression.

Fish, play to make hands, have a 'nice' sociable game and obviously they are not playing to try to win money. Getting called idiots and loser's is unlikely to attract and build up the customer base.

Are most net tables going to appeal to the play for fun type of personality?

They want a bit of humour and some fun, not a load of silent Rocks, TAGs and LAGs beating up on them the whole time, with no grace, humour or humility.

So support your local Fish! Before they become an entirely endangered species. Now they have far more good examples to copy, than in old days when being one of the crowd meant playing loose-passively.

[/ QUOTE ]

QUOTED FOR MOTHER FKING TRUTH and bumpitude
This is one of the most important posts I've ever read.

We trade them politness and a little feel-good chat in exchange for ALL THEIR MONEY. At the very very least can we please refrain from lambasting them with insults, like I see many huge idiots doing. You're ruining it for yourself and everybody.

[springsteen87]

[ QUOTE ]
Looking through this thread.

If you are a winning player, ask yourself what do you do to encourage them to pay for their entertainment?

There's far too many idiots, berating them, hurling personal abuse, and generally hammering the Fish with constant aggression.

Fish, play to make hands, have a 'nice' sociable game and obviously they are not playing to try to win money. Getting called idiots and loser's is unlikely to attract and build up the customer base.

Are most net tables going to appeal to the play for fun type of personality?

They want a bit of humour and some fun, not a load of silent Rocks, TAGs and LAGs beating up on them the whole time, with no grace, humour or humility.

So support your local Fish! Before they become an entirely endangered species. Now they have far more good examples to copy, than in old days when being one of the crowd meant playing loose-passively.

[/ QUOTE ]

I love this post because it's 100% the truth. Way too many people are interested in improving the play of their opponents. The more you insult their poor play the more they're inclined to do something about it.